Pipe-cleaner.



110.853.423. I I PATENTED MAY14,1901.

. "L. w. ROE & L. J. BONA-R.

PIPE CLEANER. APPLIOATIGH FILED MAR, 16, IQQ'Z.

TNI. Momus Fifi-183207, Wasumcruu, n, c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS W. ROE AND LEWIS J. BONAR, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

PIPE-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

[i anlication filed March 16, 1907. Serial No. 362,648.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEwIs W. Ron and LEWIs J. BONAR, citizens of theUnited States, residing in Mansfield, county of Richland, and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pipe-Cleaners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a device adapted to ream outand clean from the bowl of a pipe the substance commonly called. cake.

"A further object is to construct such a device in a simple, strong,durable and inexpensive, manner.

Another object is to construct such a device adapted to serve the dualpurpose of a pipe cleaner and a key ring.

Our invention consists of certain details of construction hereinafterset forth pointed out in our claims and illustrated in the accomp anyingdrawings in which Figure I shows a side elevation view of our device,Fig. II shows an edge elevation view of the same, and Fig. III shows atransverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3.

Referring to the accompanying drawings the reference numeral is used toindicate one portion of our device which is shaped similar to oneportion of an ordinary set of pliers except that at the base of the jawwe have mounted an inwardly extending lug 11 provided. with an orificecentrally located. The handle part 12- of said. portion 10 is, byconstruction, curved inwardly assuming the shape of a semi-circle andthe outer end of the Y jaw portion 13 is curved inwardly at 14, saidcurve being designed to conform, in combination with a like andcompanion curve 15 on the jaw 16 of the companion portion 17 hereinafterdescribed, to the curve at the base of a pipe bowl. The numeral 18indicates a raised. part extending longitudinally along the uppersurface of the jaw 13 said part being provided with cutting edges forpurposes hereinafter set forth.

' The numeral 17 indicates a portion designed as a companion to theportion 10, said portion 17 being provided with an inwardly extendinglug 19 containing an orifice centrally located, said lug being designedto en gage the lug 11 when the two portions of our evice are joined. Thehandle part 20 of the portion 17 is curved inwardly and designed tooverlap the handle part of the portion 10, the two portions thusoverlapping forming a ring which is adapted for holding keys or otherlike articles.

The numeral 16 indicates the jaw part of the portion 17 which is curvedat its outer extremity as hereinbefore described and the numeral 21indicates a longitudinally ex tending and centrally located raised parton the outer surface of the jaw 16 said raised part bein exactly similarin every respect to the raisec part 18.

The numeral 22 indicates the rivet connecting the two parts.

In practical use the device is inserted in the bowl of a pipe and inwardpressure applied tov the handles. The device is then turned in the pipebowl and the cutting edges on the raised portions engaging the cake thesame is reamed out and the bowl cleaned.

Having thus described our invention what we claim and. desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is:

A pipe cleaner comprising in combination two portions movably secured toeach other in such a manner as to cause the jaws to move outwardly whenpressure is applied to the handles; a raised portion, provided with acutting edge, mounted on each jaw; jaws curved at their outerextremities to conform' to the curve in the base of the pipe bowlhandles overlapping each other and designed. to form a ring, allarranged and combined sub stantially as shown and described.

LEWIS W. ROE. LEWIS J. BONAR. Witnesses:

CHARLES W. CHEW, BESSIE WALKER.

